Little Buttonquail
Turnix velox(Gould, J, 1841)
English (US) Little Buttonquail
The Little Buttonquail (Turnix velox) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Turnicidae (Buttonquail) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: grassland and woodland in Australia (except Tasmania)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Turnix velox
- Family
- Turnicidae (Buttonquail)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Little Buttonquail
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1841)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hemipodius velox
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1841)
- Type locality
- Yarrundi, upper Hunter River, New South Wales.
- Original description
- The birds of Australia pt2 pl.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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